Vazgen Saghatelyan’s lawyer, Arsen Babayan, believes that the main reason for the arrest of Vazgen Saghatelyan and Narek Samsonyan is their interview with the Third President.
“Let’s recall what the criminal investigation officers have been doing all this time, starting that night, constantly publishing posts. Alen Simonyan, for example, spoke very negatively of the guys, and it’s interesting that the investigator didn’t see any criminal element in this. If this is a case of hooliganism, then perhaps hooliganism should be considered in this case as well,” Babayan said in a conversation with journalists.
The lawyer claims that all of this is being done for political reasons. According to my information, they also confiscated all of Antifake’s property, so it’s clear that this action is aimed at shutting down the media outlet. They failed to do so in the previous case, but now they’ve chosen to remain silent. We insisted then, and it was proven, at least by the trial court, and we insist now that there is no evidence of hooliganism in the case of Vazgen Saghatelyan and Narek Samsonyan.